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Meaning of aconitase in English:

aconitase

Pronunciation /əˈkɒnɪteɪz/

noun

Biochemistry

  • An iron-containing enzyme involved in the Krebs cycle, bringing about the conversion of citrate into isocitrate via an aconitate intermediate.

Origin

1930s; earliest use found in Biochemical Journal. From aconit- + -ase, after German Aconitase.